What's changed

• We’ve made a database update to add Space Name as a filtered column.
• Changed calling methods for BuildingKPI.

What's fixed or updated

Optimisation of Platform Operations:

• Optimised several periodic web jobs that run in the system.
• Made general optimisations within Spaces web job to optimise several areas including, getting list of states, the tasks states associated to spaces, etc.
• Optimised the platforms’ ability to make outbound API calls by using the ConfigureAwait(false) setting.
• Made several changes around the Task.Run process to improve startup time of web jobs.
• Added options to stagger the start time of the processing cycle and changed the default offset time, to spread the load of starting multiple tasks.

API Call Optimisations:

• Optimised API calls in several areas of the platform, including:
  • Get listing of nodes in building.
  • Check in action.
  • Cancelling a booking action.
  • Getting “active” booking call.
  • Cache refresh requests.
• Reduced the use of /v1/<node>/UserPreferences call.
• Reduced the use of /v1/<node>/Notifications/active call.
• Fixed the My Bookings call to return the _CreatedBy or Booking_Owner fields.
• Fixed the booking POST call to check if the space is disabled or not.

Database and Caching Improvements:

• Optimised database structure by applying Primary Key/Partition Key at the NodeId level.
• Implemented the replacement of the cache refresh for the Task/Space states controller to cache this locally.
• We now cache Task/Spaces states locally on the browser, rather than making separate ad-hoc calls to the server.
• Optimised caching the nodes’ structure.
• /v1/Service/RefreshCache – Now correctly refreshes all BookingPolicies and other relevant caches with the latest data.

Backend Changes for Experience Improvements:

• Fixed formatting for the Space cannot be booked error indicating the existing space name.
• Updated the UpdateParameter controller to be more performant.
• For the UpdateParameter parameters controller, we replaced old parameter cache refresh with the repository cache refresh.
• Fixed logic causing performances issues for Task/Space states where we changed static lists to use concurrent bag and changed startup spaces lock release to use the FireAndForget mode.

Security and Access Control Fixes:

• Restricted creation or update of the booking duration shorter than 5 mins regardless of security rights.
• Enforced a minimum booking time of 5 minutes, regardless of booking policy settings to ensure the spaces are all handled equally.
• Fixed access permission error when making a recurring booking.

Booking System Enhancements:

• Reduced the requirements of Roamer, to make multiple calls to /v1/<node>/UserPreferences to reduce load on the server.
• Adjusted Booking horizon for Building Working Hours for Start (used on PUT or POST /v2/bookings).
• Made optimisations when cancelling a booking.
• Fixed occurrence where it was possible to make bookings for the same space at the same time.
• Resolved an issue where, when under load it was possible to make multiple bookings for the same space and time.
• Fixed returning a booking for an incorrect building.
• Search query optimisations by validating booking policies before carrying out search.

Error Handling and Bug Fixes:

• Fixed outside working hours for different time zones.
• When requesting spaceszone with a {nodeid} of 0, it now returns the 404 error instead of 403.
• Action Call now enables and disables the spaces as expected.
• Changed building level spaces to get calls to use static spaces.
• Made performance improvements for the Booking parties queries.
• Improved performance for the Get active notifications without filter/select options used.
• Ensured that all requests to events use at least building level node id, to reduce the amount of information that is processed.

Miscellaneous Updates:

• Replaced methods to get parent node and changed code wherever this was used, to reduce the impact on the database server.
• Optimised the action API method for check in.
• Resolved several timeout issues for occupancy data.
• Booking parties now use the booking node ID when the booking is cancelled, checked into, or checked out of.
• We now retry calling the external identity providers if it does not load correctly.
• Adding more visitors after confirming a booking no longer shows errors.
• Task types don’t have duplicates in the list any more.
• Booking Update sometimes took a few attempts to succeed. It is fixed now.
• Requesting bookings for an incorrect building was previously possible.
• Added the missing method for Vecos lockers.
• Created a way to restart Internal IBSS API background service in case it stops.
• Removed error from being shown if two separate users select the same date/time when amending bookings.
• Rewrote clearing spaces at midnight.
• Improved the transition precision for completed bookings.
• Added the 'Booking_Early_Checkin' and 'Meta_Auto_Cancel_Thld_Min' fields for bookings.
• Fixed proper booking transitioning through stages.
• Added API throttling for order processing.

Known issue

If two people try to move their existing meetings to the same time period, both will fail.